2 Chronicles 19:1-9 ▼

1 Then Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in peace to his house in Jerusalem.

2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him to his face and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate Yahweh and so bring wrath on yourself from Yahweh?

3 But some good has been found in you, for you have purged the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God.”

4 So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. Indeed, he returned and went out among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and caused them to return back to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

5 And he appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, in each city.

6 And he said to the judges, “Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for Yahweh who is with you when you render judgment.

7 So now then let the dread of Yahweh be upon you; be careful what you do, because with Yahweh our God there is no unrighteousness or partiality or the taking of a bribe.”

8 In Jerusalem also Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests, and some of the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, for the judgment of Yahweh and to judge disputes. So they returned to Jerusalem.

9 Then he commanded them saying, “Thus you shall do in the fear of Yahweh, faithfully and wholeheartedly.